Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:54:18 GMT <![CDATA[Brodie's Agility Blog]]> Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:54:18 GMT Tucker and I went to Hatfield, PA for an indoor agility show at the BucksMont facility today. It was a nice facility but it was a long day, as it was only two rings, with 850 runs. At least we were in air conditioning, though we would have liked it to be a little bit cooler. Mom did have fans for us, so that helped keep us cool.

Tucker's first run in Open FAST didn't go well, as he decided to sniff the big dots on the soccer field. Knowing Tucker, he probably thought they were edible.

On the other hand, my Ex JWW run was great. Mom says it was probably the best run of my 7 year agility career. It was a clean run and under time by 3 seconds, getting me my first Ex JWW Q. Mom doubted I would ever run fast enough to get an Ex JWW Q, but I proved her wrong. Though I didn't Q in my Ex Std run, I was clean on a difficult course.

Tucker's runs were not as clean, but he did get his weave poles on his JWW run...always a good thing.

We are not showing in August, as Mom wants a little time off. Our next show will be CPE in September.

]]> <![CDATA[July 17, 2010 - SOJAC AKC Trial]]> Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:00:00 GMT First run of the day on Saturday Tucker Q'd in Open JWW. He now has two Open JWW Qs, after only getting his Novice JWW title in February. His jumping has improved. I guess losing a few pounds didn't hurt either. On the other hand, he earned his Novice Standard title two years ago and is yet to get an Open Standard Q. It seems to be either a knocked bar (or 2) or missed weave poles.

As for me, I had a few good runs, but no Qs. On Sunday it was beastly hot, so Mom wasn't pushing us too hard, Our next show is in July indoors in air conditioning, hopefully Tucker and I will do better under those conditions.

]]> <![CDATA[June 19 & 20, 2010 - JAG AKC Trial]]> Sun, 20 Jun 2010 12:00:00 GMT It was like old times, just me and Mom off to an agility show. Tucker again has a toe problem, so we left him home to heal. I ran four events and earned 2 Qs (Standard and Colors) with 4 First Places.

I was a bit inconsistent today. My first run, I decided to go visit the judge right off of the start line. It was Fullhouse and Mom had to redesign her course and I came up 5 points short of a Q. Then in Wildcard, I decided to take all the B obstacles, when I was supposed to take one A obstacle...you would think I'd get a bonus for that, but no such luck.

So I have a few more Qs toward my Level 3 titles. Hopefully I'll title at the next CPE show.

]]> <![CDATA[June 6, 2010 - SCOR CPE Trial]]> Sun, 06 Jun 2010 05:58:03 GMT Tucker and I came through for Mom on Mother's Day weekend at the SICDTC agility show. On Saturday we had some rain in the morning and it was very windy but on his first run Tucker earned his first Open JWW Q with a first place...Mom was so happy. The rest of the day we had some good runs but no Qs. There was some excitement though as a pop-up tent went barrel rolling into the ring. Thankfully no one was hurt and the show continued, though all of the tents were taken down so we were out in the sun.

Sunday we again were experiencing gale force winds, but I was able to get my first Excellent A Q in Standard with a first place (maybe the wind helped me run faster). Making it a special day for Mom as it had been a while since we both Q'd at the same show....Happy Mother's Day Mom!!!!

]]> <![CDATA[May 8-9, 2010 - SICDTC AKC Trial]]> Sun, 09 May 2010 12:00:00 GMT Tucker and I had our first outdoor trial of the year this weekend and we were trialing two days. Mom has been sick so on Saturday she was not running well. She was pleased with our runs but neither of us Q'd. Maybe next month we will Q.

Sunday, Mom was feeling better and I just missed Qing in Excellent Std by 3 seconds. I guess I should not have stopped at the top of the A-frame and waited a few seconds before descending.

Tucker was running well. His times were good but he did knock a few bars, but not too many. He even completed the send bonus in Open FAST, though it was too late to get the 20 point bonus.

We even brought Logan along to start getting used to the agility trial environment. Mom was very pleased at how good he was...other then him trying to jump on people that he was greeting. He was quiet in his crate, unlike Tucker who whines and carries on when Mom takes me to run a course.

]]> <![CDATA[April 17-18, 2010 - JAG AKC Trial]]> Sun, 18 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT Tucker and I went to the SOJAC trial today. Came home empty-pawed and we so wanted to bring Mom home a Q for her birthday. Tucker had a good Jumpers run, had it not been for Mom messing him up at the weave poles. She should have done the front cross she planned on during the course walk. His Standard run was going great until he decided to bail on the dogwalk. A friend told Mom it was a hard entry and that she should have shaped it better. Mom sometimes forgets that running Tucker is like running a Mack truck,, he doesn't turn on a dime.

As for me, well, my Standard run seemed to be going well. I was even moving well, then I jumped off the teeter and then jumped off the dog walk. I never jump off of contacts...what's up with that? As for my Jumpers run, run is the optimal word, I wasn't running so Mom pulled me off course.

Mom wasn't feeling well, so she scratched us both from our FAST run.

Oh, well, better luck next time. On to our first outdoor trial of the year in a few weeks.

]]> <![CDATA[March 27, 2010 - SOJAC AKC Trial]]> Sat, 27 Mar 2010 07:24:48 GMT Well Tucker and I went to our second agility trial of 2010.  Mom said she was please with our runs even though neither of us earned a Q. She took the blame saying she was trying some new handling tehcniques with each of us.

She was thrilled that we both nailed all our weaves for the day. Tucker's jumping has improved and his time for jumpers was great. As for my jumpers run, the ring was running early and Mom didn't get to walk it for very long, so for the first time she can remember she got a bit lost on course. We made it through without an wrong course but I took down one bar and we were over time. 

As for my standard run, I was the comic relief for the day. I decided to go look at the chute rather then take the second jump. When Mom tried to get me back on course, I tried going through the wing stantion, knocking over the whole jump. The rest of the run was fine.

All in all we had fun. Muybe we will Q next time.

]]> <![CDATA[March 6, 2010 - DCKC AKC Trial]]> Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:33:40 GMT Tucker and I had our first agility show of 2010. We were only trialing for the one day and Mom was looking at it as a warm-up trial. I had some good runs, but did not Q.

Tucker's last run of the day at 5:30 was Jumpers with Weaves. Even with a few bobbles at the weaves poles he Q'd, which finally earned him his Jumpers with Weaves Preferred title. We are all so excited that he can finally move up to Open.

Congratulations Tucker!!!!

]]> <![CDATA[February 20, 2010 - BCDC Trial]]> Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:00:00 GMT Brodie

We had a big snow storm yesterday, getting over a foot of snow. Mom took us out to play in it today. Tucker and Logan raced around and bounded through the snow drifts while I ambled along. Mom took bunches of pictures, even one of me using the A-frame as a shortcut to get away from Tucker and Logan. We had loads of fun and when it was over we went in and all took a nap.

]]> <![CDATA[December 20, 2009 - Snow Storm]]> Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:17:01 GMT The Boys - Brodie, Tucker & Logan
Mom and Dad took me, Tucker and Logan to Staten Island today to have our picture taken. Tucker and I sat nicely for Nicole but you should have seen Logan. He'd sit for a second and then be up. Finally, they got him to stay in one place long enough to get a few shots.

Then the fun began, taking a pictures of all three of us together. You should have seen Mom and Nicole trying to get the three of us either all together sitting or lying down. When Tucker and Logan were next to one another they wanted to roll around and play. When they asked me to lie down, I would roll over to get my belly rubbed. It was like a 3 ring circus. Mom, Dad and Nicole persisted and finally got a few good shots.

Lastly, we had our picture taken with Mom. At least then she could hold on to Logan to keep him from getting up. Nicole even got a great shot of Mom with Logan. After about 2 hours it was over and there were enough good photos to satisfy Mom and Dad.

Let's see if they will ever try this again.

]]> <![CDATA[December 5, 2009 - Photo Shoot]]> Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:27:39 GMT